Free Linux Foundation OTCA Exam Questions

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Total 354 Questions | Updated On: Jan 06, 2026

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Question 1

Which of the following best describes how OpenTelemetry ensures uniform enrichment of logs, traces, and metrics?

A : By defining a common set of attribute names and values applied uniformly across all telemetry signals.

B : By enforcing that only logs are enriched with additional attributes.

C : By requiring applications to manually add the same attributes to logs, traces, and metrics.

D : By using separate enrichment processes for each telemetry signal.

Answer: A

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of Span Links in OpenTelemetry?

A : To establish a hierarchical parent-child relationship between spans.

B : To set the priority levels for spans.

C : To associate multiple spans that are causally related but do not have a direct parent-child relationship.

D : To define the timestamps for when a span starts and ends.

Answer: C

Question 3

Your instrumentation library has updated its telemetry schema to a newer version. How should a telemetry consumer handle data emitted with this new schema version?

A : Request the telemetry source to revert to the older schema version.

B : Transform the telemetry data to match the consumer’s expected schema version if necessary.

C : Ignore the Schema URL and process the data as per the consumer’s existing schema.

D : Reject any telemetry data that does not match the consumer’s current schema version.

Answer: B

Question 4

In an ExponentialHistogram, how are negative values handled?

A : Negative values are mapped by their absolute value into a separate negative range using the same scale as the positive range.

B : Negative values are ignored and not represented in the histogram.

C : Negative values are stored in the same buckets as positive values but with negative counts.

D : Negative values are combined with positive values in a single range.

Answer: A

Question 5

In the OpenTelemetry Collector, what determines the order in which processing operations are applied to telemetry data?

A : The priority level assigned to each processor.

B : The type of telemetry data being processed.

C : The sequence in which processors are added to a pipeline.

D : The alphabetical order of processor names in the configuration file.

Answer: C

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